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4TB Crucial MX500 2.5" 3D NAND SATA III Internal Solid State Drive

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Various Retailers have 4TB Crucial MX500 2.5" 3D NAND SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (CT4000MX500SSD1) on sale for $164.99. Shipping is free.

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Available from:About this Item:
  • Sequential reads to 560MB/s
  • Sequential writes up to 510MB/s
  • SATA Interface 6Gb/s
  • Form Factor 2.5-inch (7mm)

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Various Retailers have 4TB Crucial MX500 2.5" 3D NAND SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (CT4000MX500SSD1) on sale for $164.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Deal Hunter tDames and Community Member Christopher11 for sharing this deal.

Available from:About this Item:
  • Sequential reads to 560MB/s
  • Sequential writes up to 510MB/s
  • SATA Interface 6Gb/s
  • Form Factor 2.5-inch (7mm)

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It should work. This is a 2.5" SATA SSD and only requires 5V. I've never seen a consumer SSD or 2.5" drive that requires 12V.



Nothing I've ever seen in the consumer realm.



The P3 is a DRAM-less (but supports HMB), QLC, NVMe drive. The MX500 has DRAM (512MB), TLC, and is SATA. Technically, the MX500 should theoretically be more reliable, due to the TLC NAND and presence of DRAM. Reality could be different.

The performance characteristics can be quite different. The NVMe P3 will have much higher peaks but may have lower lows. When the pSLC write cache is filled, peak sequential writes could drop from >3GB/s to as low as 100MB/s. The MX500 will never reach speeds much beyond 500MB/s (due to the SATA bus) but probably won't drop much, even when the pSLC is full. Realistically, if you're not doing lots of large writes, you probably won't notice a difference. Personally, I'd favor the MX500.
Wasn't this $5 cheaper from somewhere else just a few days ago? Black Friday sucks so far this year. They marking prices up instead of down.

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Wasn't this $5 cheaper from somewhere else just a few days ago? Black Friday sucks so far this year. They marking prices up instead of down.
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I was going to buy these later... Much later...

Damn you, slickdeals! Lol
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Quote from ed31337 :
Wasn't this $5 cheaper from somewhere else just a few days ago? Black Friday sucks so far this year. They marking prices up instead of down.
you're thinking of this

https://slickdeals.net/f/17095324-4tb-crucial-p3-pcie-gen3-m-2-solid-state-drive-ssd-160-free-shipping?p=167342065#post167342065

which was also posted by the same user/staff lol
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This vs crucial P3 nvme?
Pls let me know. Is this more reliable than the P3?
I will mostly be using it as a gaming/ storage SSD.
Thanks!
Last edited by Geronemo3 November 23, 2023 at 10:10 PM.
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Does it work at 5v or 12v ? Coz eufy homebase 3 only takes 5v, 2.5 inch Ssd. Not finding this info anywhere.
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Thanks, M8, got 1 from Amazon & 1 from BestBuy!

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Quote from techbuff :
Does it work at 5v or 12v ? Coz eufy homebase 3 only takes 5v, 2.5 inch Ssd. Not finding this info anywhere.
I checked a few sites, and the universal response was that any normal 2.5" sata ssd is going to solely use 5v.

Seems like a safe buy (plus easy return if needed)
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Quote from jpmtotoro :
I checked a few sites, and the universal response was that any normal 2.5" sata ssd is going to solely use 5v.

Seems like a safe buy (plus easy return if needed)
What ssd's are 12v?
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Quote from Geronemo3 :
This vs crucial P3 nvme?
Pls let me know. Is this more reliable than the P3?
I will mostly be using it as a gaming/ storage SSD.
Thanks!
No DRAM in the P3
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Quote from techbuff :
Does it work at 5v or 12v ? Coz eufy homebase 3 only takes 5v, 2.5 inch Ssd. Not finding this info anywhere.
It should work. This is a 2.5" SATA SSD and only requires 5V. I've never seen a consumer SSD or 2.5" drive that requires 12V.

Quote from coreyyok :
What ssd's are 12v?
Nothing I've ever seen in the consumer realm.

Quote from Geronemo3 :
This vs crucial P3 nvme?
Pls let me know. Is this more reliable than the P3?
I will mostly be using it as a gaming/ storage SSD.
Thanks!
The P3 is a DRAM-less (but supports HMB), QLC, NVMe drive. The MX500 has DRAM (512MB), TLC, and is SATA. Technically, the MX500 should theoretically be more reliable, due to the TLC NAND and presence of DRAM. Reality could be different.

The performance characteristics can be quite different. The NVMe P3 will have much higher peaks but may have lower lows. When the pSLC write cache is filled, peak sequential writes could drop from >3GB/s to as low as 100MB/s. The MX500 will never reach speeds much beyond 500MB/s (due to the SATA bus) but probably won't drop much, even when the pSLC is full. Realistically, if you're not doing lots of large writes, you probably won't notice a difference. Personally, I'd favor the MX500.
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Quote from MWink :
It should work. This is a 2.5" SATA SSD and only requires 5V. I've never seen a consumer SSD or 2.5" drive that requires 12V.



Nothing I've ever seen in the consumer realm.



The P3 is a DRAM-less (but supports HMB), QLC, NVMe drive. The MX500 has DRAM (512MB), TLC, and is SATA. Technically, the MX500 should theoretically be more reliable, due to the TLC NAND and presence of DRAM. Reality could be different.

The performance characteristics can be quite different. The NVMe P3 will have much higher peaks but may have lower lows. When the pSLC write cache is filled, peak sequential writes could drop from >3GB/s to as low as 100MB/s. The MX500 will never reach speeds much beyond 500MB/s (due to the SATA bus) but probably won't drop much, even when the pSLC is full. Realistically, if you're not doing lots of large writes, you probably won't notice a difference. Personally, I'd favor the MX500.
Thanks so much. I went with the MX500 4TB. I have a Samsung 980 Pro as an OS drive.
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Quote from jpmtotoro :
I checked a few sites, and the universal response was that any normal 2.5" sata ssd is going to solely use 5v.

Seems like a safe buy (plus easy return if needed)
Thanks mate
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Quote from ed31337 :
Wasn't this $5 cheaper from somewhere else just a few days ago? Black Friday sucks so far this year. They marking prices up instead of down.
No. This is the cheapest it's ever been.

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Thanks, picked up 2 for my Nas. Now need 2 more, other brand to spread the risk. Hopefully something pops up. Thought about putting platters in but the CMR drives in this capacity aren't much cheaper (except the Seagate maybe). Biggest factor though is this is going to be a whole lot more quiet. The 4 drives in my old Nas have been way too noisy, had to abandon it into my equipment closet...

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